Refillable shaving brush



June 4, 1929. .1. A. CUEVAS REFILLABLE SHAVING BRUSH Filed July 5, 1927 INVENTOR .fimn A. Caevas ATTORNEYS Patented June 4, 1929.

UNITED STATES- JUAN A. CUEVAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REFILLABLE SHAVING BRUSH.

Application filed. July 5, 1927. Serial No. 203,477.

The present invention is concerned with a refillable shaving brush consisting of a detachably connected bristle tuft and handle.

Preferably the bristle tuft is comparatively inexpensive so that it may be inserted in the handle, used once and discarded, and the handle provided with means for preventing rotary movement of the bristle tuft when the latter has been entered into the handle socket.

An object of the invention is to provide a sanitary brush of this character which may be manufactured with great economy, which will be of simple, practical construction, efficient in use, neat and attractive in appearance, and well suited to satisfy sanitary requirements.

VV1th the above noted and other ob ects 1n view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a shaving brush embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional ''view therethrough with a part of the bristle tuft broken away to expose the construction of the handle socket.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the bristle tuft removed from the handle.

In the drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to designate the handle in which a bristle tuft 11 is adapted to be removably inserted. The handle may be of more or less conventional external appearance, and is provided at one end with a socket 12, this socket being internally shaped to prevent the rotation of a bristle tuft therein. Preferably the socket is simply provided with a plurality of spaced inwardly projecting longitudinally extending integral ribs 13.

The bristle tuft which I propose to use simply consists of a bunch of bristles of similar length tied together at their intermediate portion by a wire, cord or similar securing device 14. The brustle tuft is folded upon itself about the cord 14 and inserted in the .socket.

The bristle tuft is prevented from dropping out of the socket by the friction exerted by the inherently resilient bristles on the socket Walls, and rotation of the bristle tuft is prevented by the interengagement of the ribs 18 with the bristles.

Preferably the bristle tuft is of some cheap material which may be used once and discarded, or if desired, the bristle tuft units may be readily removed from the handle, sterilized and re-used.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple and practical device, the bristle tuft being capable of economical manufacture because it consists of simply a bunch of bristles tied together in the middle. Obviously the handle may be cast or molded inexpensively, and the operation of inserting or removing the bristle tuft is a simple one in which the bristle tuft is simply doubled upon itself and forced into the socket. There is no need for operating screws or various supplemental bristle tuft attaching means such as is now commonly employed in connection with removable tuft-s.

Obviously, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall v bristles of approximately equal length bound in the middle, doubled on itself and inserted in the socket, the inherent resiliency of the bristles tending to cause frictional engagement between the bristle tuft and the socket walls to prevent the bristle tuft from falling out when the handle is inverted, the socket being internally longitudinally ribbed to prevent rotation of the bristle tuft therein.

JUAN A. CUEVAS. 

